Improved washing-machine



, waited States @anni @Wine Letters Patent .N 94,005, la-tell August 24, 1869.

IMPRovE WASHING- MACHINE The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pari*l Of the same.

To all uflmm it may concern Bc it known that we, ALEXANDER KING and GEORGE H. KING, of Painesville, in the `county of Lake, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and improved Washing-Machine; and we do hereby declare thaty the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others vskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a vertical section of an improved machine, taken through the'line x' x, fig. 2. Figure 2 is a side view of the same. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Our inuention has for its object to finnish an improved washing-machine, which shall be simple in construction and ei'ective in operation, doing its work quickly and thoroughly; and

It consists in the construction and combination of the various parts, as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the body of the washing-machine, which is made cylindrical in its general form. The body, A, may be made slightly-tapering, if desired, and to the inner surface of its sides is attached a numberof upright ribs, B, extending from the bottom to or nearly to the top of said body.

The ribs B should be rounded oil' upon their inner edges, to prevent them from wearing the clothes.

C is a shaft or spindle, passing down vertically through the centre of the bottom of the body7 A, and to its upper end is attached a circular' plate, l), in such a way as to be carried around by the revolution of the said shaft C.

To the upper side of the circular plate D, is attached anumber of radial ribs or flanges, E, the upper edges of which should be rounded off to prevent them from wearing thc clothes.

vThe lower end of the vertical shaft O, revolves in a step in the lower orhorizontal part ot' the bracket F, attached to the lower side of the bottom of the body or tub A. v

To the lower part of the shaft C, is attached a beveli gear wheel, G, into the teeth of which mesh the teeth of the bevel-gear wheel H, attached to the inner end of the horizontal shaft l.

The inner pait of the horizontal shaft I, revolves in bearings in one arm of the bracket F, audits outer Ipa1t revolves in bearingsin thearm or bracket J, at-

tached to the lower part ofthe sidel of the body A.

To the outer end of the horizontal shaft I, is attached a crank or .crank-wheel K, to the crank-pin of which is pivoted the lower end of the connecting-bar L, the upper end of which is pivoted to thecrank-pin of the crank or crank-wheel M, pivoted to the upper part of the body A, orv to a bar or bracket, N, attached to the said body.

To the crank-pin of the crank or crank-wheel M, is

attached the hand-crank O, by means of which the v machine is operated.

To the centre of the connecting-bar L, is attached an inwardly-projecting pin P, which passes through a slot in lthe vertical bar Q, the ends ot' which are bent inward, and are attached to the side of the ,body A, so that 'the middle or slotted part of said bar may stand out a little fiom the said body A, as shown in ti .'1.

g he slot in the bar Q should be made wider in Aits middle part, to give the necessary freedom of movement to the bar L, and at the same time enable it to properly control the movements of the cranks or crankwheels K and M.

R and S are short tubes fitting into each other, and

to the onteiend ofthe outer tube, S, and to the inner' end of the inner tube T, are attached, or upon them are formed plates, which overlap the outer and inner sides of the bottm of the body A.

l The tubes S T are packed with suitable packing, to make them serve as a stuiiing-box to prevent the escape of the water. The tubes S T are pressed together, compressing the packing, and at the same time securing the said tubes in Aplace by bolts and nuts, said bolts passing through the bottom of the body A A, and through the plates attached to the said tubes S T.

v'Having thus described our invention,

\Vhat we claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

l. The circular plate D E, attached to the end of a vertical shaft O, passing out through the stutling-box S T, and operated by the bevel-gearing G H, and shaft I, attached to the brackets F and J, in lcombination with the ribbed body or tub A, all constructed and arranged to operate as herein described and shown.

2. In combination with the devices of above clause,

Y the crank O, cranks or crank-wheels M K, connectin g-bar L, pin P, and slotted bar Q, when arranged substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

ALEXANDER KING. GEORGE H. KING. lVitnesses J. T. DooLrr'rLu, H. C. GRAY. 

